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Zambia: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1978–2024 · 47 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2024
−4.41%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−1.4 pointsfrom −3.04%
Average, 2015–2024
0.945%10 years
Record high and low
11.9% (2021)low −20.9% (1986)

Current account (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Current account (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20311.37Forecast
20302.22Forecast
20292.19Forecast
20282.07Forecast
20271.94Forecast
20260.926Forecast
2025-3.55Forecast
2024-4.41
2023-3.04
20223.75
202111.9
202011.8
20190.604
2018-1.30
2017-1.68
2016-4.55
2015-3.61

Sources

  • WDI (archive)1978–1991
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1978–2024
  • World Development Indicators1978–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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